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... We then caught the metro to Taksim, found the usual inner city shopping strips for which we had little interest, ate at a yummy Turkish Buffet and then decided we would walk home, why not we hadn't planned on doing anything else. The only problem with this plan is a tourist map for a city of 15million people, kind of lacks in detail. We walked for miles, but we actually got ...

... and we went inside. Truthfully, it was nothing that special. Mostly a huge building that a was musty, dusty, crowded, and being repaired. We found some shade outside to raid the chocolate chip cookies we pack everyday, and have some water. After our cookie lunch we then headed off to Topkapi Palace. Topkapi Palace is a huge place right behind Hagia Sofia. By now Donna's feet had just about all they wanted of Istanbul. We walked through much of the palace ...

... by doctors to make sure they stayed eunuchs". oh and there were one or two people hanging out at the palace with us. oh, and there was an 86 carat diamond. and halva making pots the size of our car. and a nice view over the bosphorous. we also visited a cistern. maybe the one that's in that dan brown book. dark and cool. 356 columns robbed from varoius other sites around the city (i guess thats what you did 1500 years ago if you needed some materials). and what used to be ...

... about the city - it was busy as hell with both swarthy looking men who looked like they could - and would like to - kill me and traffic which was driven in Roman style. I used the walk as reconaissance and for a few snaps - the Japanese would be proud of my photo count - before buying a couple of mega cheap beers and retiring to the roof terrace at the hostel where I watched the sun setting over the Bosphous as I sipped my beer and listened to the numerous calls ...

We quickly realized that our attire would not suit life on board the cruise - well, Chris' anyway, as jeans and shorts were discouraged from the dining rooms. He had intended on looking for a suit in Hong Kong, but the constant harassment had put him off so we headed into Istiklal ave in Taksim to see what we could find. We carefully selected our taksi driver this time and ended up with Sabrine in cab ...